Bonn, 10th June 2011 

Achieving coherence across foodAchieving coherence across food security, adaptation and mitigation

Bruce CampbellProgram Director

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Rwanda coffee productionRwanda coffee production

•• c. 20% national c. 20% national exportsexports

•• From 1500 m to From 1500 m to 1800 m1800 mpp

•• Mostly Mostly arabicaarabica •• Reduced area and Reduced area and massivemassivemassive massive “transformational “transformational adaptation”adaptation”

•• 55--10% decline in10% decline in55 10% decline in 10% decline in total national total national exportsexportsexports exports

Reduction in coffee area in Nicuaragua

2 degrees warmer world ‐ is likely to be just "a nice Utopia”

Length of growing season will decline drasticallydrastically..

Length of growing period

>20% l

(%)

To 2090, taking 18 GCMs

>20% loss5-20% lossNo change5-20% gain>20% gain

Thornton et al. (2010) ILRI/ CCAFS( )Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

Agriculture gcontributes

nearly anearly a third of GHGsGHGs

Food Security

Adaptation

Mitigation

Message 1:Agriculture is unique in its THREE KEY rolesAgriculture is unique in its THREE KEY roles – need a forum/process to rapidly advance our understanding and implementation of a 

“new” agriculture 

AlternateAlternate WettingWettingAlternateAlternate‐‐WettingWetting‐‐andand‐‐Drying Drying ((AWDAWD))

30% water

25‐50% GHG

Yield not compromised

What are the incentives to change irrigation practice?

Message 2:Message 2:Many technologies and practices are

il bl k t t i t id thavailable – key next step is to provide the appropriate incentives to farmers

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